Mental Health – Commit to supporting the mental and emotional health of your workers by sharing support resources and policies

Training – Train leaders and supervisors not only on the fundamentals of safety such as risk assessment and hazard recognition, but also on the impacts of COVID-19 on mental health and wellbeing, as employees will feel the effects of the pandemic long after it is over

Engagement Plan – Notify employees in advance of the return to work, and consider categorizing workers into different groups based on job roles – bringing groups back one at a time

Communication – Develop a communications plan to be open and transparent with workers on your return to work process

Assessment – Outline the main factors your organization is using as guidance to provide a simplistic structure to the extremely complex return to work decision